I’ve been playing GTA4 on and off for about a week now. It’s pretty well done. There are some curious framerate issues, and the game is definitely in the uncanny valley. The shooting controls are much improved; which is to say almost playable. But I’ve come across a fair bit of things that caught my [...]
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Life in Liberty City: Playing GTA4
May 9th, 2008 · Comments Off
Watching ABC, CBS, and NBC Shows Online
May 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off
Intro
Thanks to the large storm cell that went through the midwest on Thursday, basically every TV show that my TiVo recorded off the major networks during primetime was useless. I would guess I got about 10% TV shows, 90% weather coverage.
But I’ve got two nice internet connections (6Mbps at home, dual T1s at work) so [...]
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Half-Life 2: Episode 2
March 31st, 2008 · Comments Off
I just finished Half-Life 2: Episode 2. This means that I am now out of Half-Life. Since I recently finished Season 1 of Sam & Max (my full review: fun, not bad, annoying DRM on boxed copy), this means that Team Fortress 2 is my only reason left to boot into Windows.
Episode 2 was plotted [...]
God of War: Chains of Olympus
March 20th, 2008 · Comments Off
I just finished playing God of War: Chains of Olympus. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I don’t have much of a review on this one, there isn’t much to say.
It’s a God of War game, mostly true to the formula. If the God of War franchise wasn’t so good, I could say it’s just [...]
Patapon Review
March 13th, 2008 · Comments Off
A short while ago, I finished playing Patapon. At only $20, the game is a great value. I wasn’t expecting much, but I was rather pleasantly surprised.
Basics
Patapon is a often described as a rhythm game combined with a real time strategy game. This is somewhat true, but I don’t entirely agree with the real time [...]
